Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wesus
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Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“excellent”).[1] Sanskrit वसु (vásu) and Luwian 𒉿𒀀𒋗𒍑 (wa-a-šu-uš /wāsus/).
Adjective
[edit]*wesus[1]
Inflection
[edit]U-stem | |||
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masculine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *wesus | *wesū | *wesowes |
vocative | *wesu | *wesū | *wesūs |
accusative | *wesum | *wesū | *wesums |
genitive | *wesous | *wesous | *wesowom |
dative | *wesou | *wesubom | *wesubos |
instrumental | *wesū | *wesubim | *wesubis |
feminine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *wesus | *wesū | *wesowes |
vocative | *wesu | *wesū | *wesūs |
accusative | *wesum | *wesū | *wesums |
genitive | *wesous | *wesous | *wesowom |
dative | *wesou | *wesubom | *wesubos |
instrumental | *wesū | *wesubim | *wesubis |
neuter | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *wesu | *wesū | *weswā |
vocative | *wesu | *wesū | *weswā |
accusative | *wesu | *wesū | *weswā |
genitive | *wesous | *wesous | *wesowom |
dative | *wesou | *wesubom | *wesubos |
instrumental | *wesū | *wesubim | *wesubis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *wesu
- Gaulish: *Wesuawos, *Bellowesus, *Segowesus
- → Latin: Vesuavus, Bellovesus, Segovesus
- Old Irish: fíu, fiu, fiú
- Old Irish: feib (Dative)